Summary

  • Candidates criss-cross battleground states in final hours of campaign

  • Clinton promises an "inclusive" America - Trump vows to purge "corrupt" system

  • BBC poll of polls puts Democratic candidate ahead by four points

  • More than 45 million early voters have already cast their ballots

  1. Do walls work?published at 17:03 Greenwich Mean Time 6 November 2016

    A boy looks as U.S. workers build a section of the U.S.-Mexico border wallImage source, Reuters
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    A boy looks on as workers build a section of the US-Mexico border wall

    "We are going to build the wall!", wails Donald Trump.

    The wall, the wall, the wall. 

    The Wall.  

    The US-Mexico border wall has become a totem for the Trump campaign, an almost mythical symbol of the plan to Make America Great Again. But do walls work? 

    Journalist Tom Vanderbilt has written a long and interesting piece for the New York Times on the psychology and history of walls.

    Worth a read here, external.

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    No one really knows what the Wall is — neither its physical manifestation nor, more important, the policies needed to undergird its construction — but that hardly matters. For whether there ever will be an actual wall or not, it already exists as an idea, a piece of political theater, as a metaphor.

    Tom Vanderbilt

  2. Florida sees surge in Latino votingpublished at 16:50 Greenwich Mean Time 6 November 2016

    At least 200,000 more Hispanics had voted in Florida by early Friday morning than during the entire early voting period in the 2012 election, Democratic strategist Steve Schale told the New York Times, external.

    Voters waited in long lines (some for more than two hours) to vote in Latino and other ethnically diverse neighborhoods of southern Florida, including Pembroke Pines, where Clinton campaigned on Saturday.

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    And it's not just Florida. Nevada has the fastest growing Latino population in the US west, and Clinton supporters there have also been lining up to cast early ballots.

    In Clark County, home to about two-thirds of Nevada's active registered voters, Friday saw a single day record of 57,174 early ballots.  

    Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, an anti-Trump Republican, is giving credit to his party's nominee for the so called "Trump Bump".

    “Trump deserves the award for Hispanic turnout. He did more to get them out than any Democrat has ever done,” said the South Carolina senator.  

    But strategists say the high Hispanic turnout is likely to be a boost for Hillary Clinton.  

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    Donald Trump has claimed that the long voting lines were evidence of a, external "rigged election".

    "It’s being reported that certain key Democratic polling locations in Clark County  [Nevada] were kept open for hours and hours beyond closing time to bus and bring Democratic voters in," Trump said last night in Nevada.  

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  3. Legalise it?published at 16:45 Greenwich Mean Time 6 November 2016

    As American in five states vote on legalising recreational cannabis, the BBC's James Cook , externalexplores what that could mean for the millions of Americans who may now find themselves in states where they can legally light up.

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    Will voters legalise or 'just say no'

  4. Clinton 'asked her maid to print classified emails'published at 16:24 Greenwich Mean Time 6 November 2016

    Hillary Clinton's campaign has been dogged by allegations about her handling of sensitive material as during her time as secretary of state, allegations that were inflamed when the FBI director announced recently that more emails had been discovered and needed to be reviewed.

    FBI probe into Clinton emails: what we know

    Now a New York Post article alleges that Clinton directed her maid to print out sensitive and classified emails for her to read at home.

    From the NY Post story, external:

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    “Pls ask Marina to print for me in am,” Clinton e-mailed top aide Huma Abedin regarding a redacted 2011 message marked sensitive but unclassified. In a classified 2012 e-mail dealing with the new president of Malawi, another Clinton aide, Monica Hanley, advised Clinton, “We can ask Marina to print this.” “Revisions to the Iran points” was the subject line of a classified April 2012 e-mail to Clinton from Hanley. In it, the text reads, “Marina is trying to print for you.”

    NY Post

  5. Bullets and ballotspublished at 16:10 Greenwich Mean Time 6 November 2016

    Barack Obama's 2008 election triggered a huge wave of gun purchases and ammo stockpiling in the US, and many pro-gun voters fear what a Clinton presidency may mean for the 2nd Amendment.

    The BBC's Rajini Vaidyanathan, external spoke to women at a firearm lesson in Tampa, Florida about how they are voting in the key swing county.

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  6. Sexual assault survivor describes effect of election as 'bipartisan abuse'published at 16:00 Greenwich Mean Time 6 November 2016

    There has been lot of talk about inappropriate sexual conduct over the course of this campaign.

    The BBC spoke to a sexual assault victim who said Trump's remarks, as well as the accusations against Bill Clinton, have triggered painful memories.

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    'It's almost like bipartisan abuse': Sexual assault survivor talks US Election

  7. What the US media is saying todaypublished at 15:53 Greenwich Mean Time 6 November 2016

    A few snippets from the US press on Sunday.

    "Florida, here we are again, right back where we started," writes Anthony Man of South Florida's Sun-Sentinel newspaper, external. Despite daily visits from presidential candidates or their running mates and more than $115m (£92m, €103m) spent on TV ads, the Sunshine State "is essentially tied and remains the biggest swing state prize", says Man.

    The New York Times is focusing its attention, external on Latino voters turning out in large numbers to cast their ballots early, which it calls "a demonstration of political power that lifted Hillary Clinton's presidential hopes".

    On Breitbart, the most-read conservative news website in the US, Patrick Howley writes, external that Donald Trump is "even surprising the press with his high energy in the final hours of his battle to reclaim American sovereignty". 

    For Politico, external, Kyle Cheney writes that Trump "needs a whole lot to go right" to win, while Clinton "needs a whole lot to go wrong" to lose. 

  8. Black and supporting Trumppublished at 15:48 Greenwich Mean Time 6 November 2016

    The BBC's Jessica Lussenhop , externalhas been meeting African-American Trump supporters in Northern Philadelphia and hearing about how tough it can be to be a minority campaigner.

    She's been tweeting images along the way.

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  9. BBC talks race in Baltimorepublished at 15:36 Greenwich Mean Time 6 November 2016

    What impact does the #USElection, external have on African Americans? In a post-Freddie Gray Baltimore, the race for the White House will determine the future of movements like Black Lives Matter. 

    We are #LIVE, external in Maryland talking to Johns Hopkins University professor Lester Spence.  

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  10. George W Bush 'wondered if he'd be the last Republican president'published at 15:30 Greenwich Mean Time 6 November 2016

    BBC Radio 5 live

    Republican strategist Ron Christie, who was an adviser to former US Vice President Dick Cheney, says George W Bush told him he may be the last Republican US President. 

    Mr Christie also told the BBC: "If Republicans can't attract people of colour, millennials and white college-educated women, then we're finished as a party.”  

    It has been suggested that both George W Bush and his father, George Bush Sr, may be voting for Hillary Clinton this election.

  11. 'We're on the offence', says Pencepublished at 15:17 Greenwich Mean Time 6 November 2016

    Speaking in Virginia after a rally last night, Mike Pence told Fox News that his team is "taking a message to make America great again all across this country".

    "And I think literally, literally by the hour the American people are recognising that this choice is between change and the status quo," he said, standing in front of his campaign bus. 

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  12. Clinton sends big guns to Floridapublished at 15:08 Greenwich Mean Time 6 November 2016

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    Hillary Clinton has done the last of her campaigning in the key swing state of Florida but she is deploying some muscle there today on her behalf.

    President Obama is due to make an appearance at a rally in Kissimmee this afternoon, alongside singer Stevie Wonder.

  13. VP candidates do battle on Sunday morning showspublished at 14:58 Greenwich Mean Time 6 November 2016

    Clinton's running mate Time Kaine is due to speak on CBS Face the Nation within the hour.

    Trump's VP candidate Mike Pence has just been speaking with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday.  

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    Pence said the campaign would accept a "clear outcome" to the election, attempting to put to bed Trump's earlier, controversial refusal to confirm that he would accept the result.  

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  14. Clinton cashes in on celebrity support in closing weekpublished at 14:52 Greenwich Mean Time 6 November 2016

    Clinton's last few days of campaigning have featured a roll call of famous faces. 

    Jennifer Lopez and husband Marc Anthony performed at a Clinton rally in Miami last weekend, followed by singer Ne-Yo in North Carolina on Tuesday, Jay-Z and Beyonce in Cleveland on Saturday, while Jon Bon Jovi was singing the Democrat's praises in Florida.

    On Sunday she'll appear alongside singer James Taylor In New Hampshire and basketball star LeBron James in Ohio.  

    Clinton BeyonceImage source, Getty Images
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    Hillary Clinton's appears alongside Jay-Z and Beyonce

    Trump has attempted to spin her celeb appearances against her, telling crowd after crowd that he doesn't need famous faces to fill auditoriums. 

    On stage in Reno, he even seemed a little petulant, accusing Clinton of "cheating" and calling celebrity appearances "demeaning to the political process".

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    Trump has rolled out celebrities on his behalf, including the actor Scott Baio and former basketball star Dennis Rodman. It's hard to avoid the reality though that the electic bunch of celebs who have come out for Trump are just a bit less, well, famous.

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  15. Trump campaign spins 'commotion' into 'assassination'published at 14:40 Greenwich Mean Time 6 November 2016

    Police say they found no gun on the protester that caused Trump to be swept off stage by Secret Service agents last night in Nevada, but that hasn't stopped the Republican's campaign from spinning it as an "assassination attempt".

    The Secret Service has called the incident a "commotion" but many inside Trump's campaign, including his son Donald Jr, have continued to spin it as an attempt on the candidate's life.

    Trump operatives have been criticised for widely retweeting this, posted by a Trump supporter:

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    Kellyanne Conway, Trump's campaign manager, appeared on CNN on Sunday morning to call her candidate "nimble and resilient" for quickly returning to the stage to finish his speech.

    "It does remind you in the closing days, especially as the polls tighten, that many of us [in the campaign] are getting death threats."

    She claimed the protester was a "democratic plant or operative", despite CNN's Jake Tapper repeatedly making it clear that he was "not trying to assassinate anyone!"

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  16. Trump protester describes being beaten by supporterspublished at 14:17 Greenwich Mean Time 6 November 2016

    The big story overnight was Donald Trump being rushed off stage by secret service agents during a rally in Reno, Nevada.

    A peaceful protester attempted to hold up a sign reading "Republicans against Trump" and was promptly tackled to the ground by Trump supporters, one of whom shouted that the man had a gun.

    Cue agents springing to action. 

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    Donald Trump rushed off stage in Nevada security alert

    There was no gun, it turned out. The protester, Austyn Crites, appearing to sport a fat lip, later told the BBC he was badly beaten and choked by the Trump supporters.

    He said: "I keep repeating - I'm down, someone is trying to choke me - and I'm saying to these people; 'There is no gun, I just have a sign'."

    Trump resumed his speech after a few minutes, saying: "Nobody said it was going to be easy for us... I want to thank the Secret Service."    

  17. Two days to go - candidates make late schedule changespublished at 14:07 Greenwich Mean Time 6 November 2016

    Early voting is closed now in many states and the two candidates are entering the home straight before election day on Tuesday.

    Both candidates have been making late changes to their travel schedules as falling poll numbers for Hillary Clinton in some key Democratic-leaning states present what Donald Trump's campaign sees as new opportunities.  

    Trump will undertake a frenetic tour of five states on Sunday - targeting Democratic strongholds including Pennsylvania, Michigan and Minnesota, which has not voted Republican since 1972, external.

    Clinton is due to speak in New Hampshire, where she will be joined by singer James Taylor, and Ohio, where she'll be joined by basketball star LeBron James - the latest in a blitz of celebrity buddies who have campaigned for the Democrat this past week.

    Trump will once again, as he likes to remind his fans, be out there on his own, doing his own thing. No celebrity pals.

    We'll be following them both live here for the rest of the day. Stay tuned.

    Trump babyImage source, Reuters
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    It's nearly over, folks

  18. Saturday US election recappublished at 21:04 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2016

    We're bringing our live page to a close now, but we'll be back with all the latest news, analysis and reaction tomorrow. A reminder of what's happened today:

    • Melania Trump worked illegally in the US two decades ago before receiving immigration documents, according to the Associated Press
    • Donald Trump held four rallies in three different time zones promising to push into "democratic stronghold" states such as Minnesota
    • Trump's campaign cancelled an appearance in Wisconsin on Sunday, after Congressman Paul Ryan had promised to campaign with him there earlier in the day during a rally with Mike Pence
    • Hillary Clinton spoke briefly in Florida before an epic downpour put an end to that. She attends another pop concert tonight hosted by Katy Perry

  19. What happens to babies kissed by candidates?published at 21:04 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2016

    Earlier in this campaign the Washington Post tracked down the adult Americans who had been kissed by presidential candidates when they were babies.

    Smooching babies has been a time-honoured campaign tradition for hundreds of years, but this might be the first time that any newspaper has investigated what happens after the tot is returned to his mum.

    Earlier on Saturday, Trump planted a smacker on a "future construction worker" during a rally in Florida.

    US readers can hear what the grown babies have to say in the Washington Post article here, external

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  20. Pictures of the daypublished at 20:45 Greenwich Mean Time 5 November 2016

    Hillary Clinton, seen in reflection, greets people outside an early voting center in West Miami, Florida - 5 November 2016Image source, AP
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    Look closely and you'll see Hillary Clinton greeting supporters outside an early voting centre in West Miami, Florida

    Hillary Clinton on stage in the rain during a campaign rally in Pembroke Pines, Florida - 5 November 2016Image source, Getty Images
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    Her supporters came out in force in Pembroke Pines, Florida, but the sun did not. Mrs Clinton was pretty damp by the time she left the stage at a rally in the city, but she seemed happy nonetheless

    Donald Trump kisses his wife Melania Trump at a campaign rally in Wilmington, North Carolina - 5 November 2016Image source, Reuters
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    Donald Trump leans in to kiss his wife Melania, who introduced the Republican candidate at a campaign rally in the battleground state of North Carolina

    Donald Trump lifts a baby during a campaign rally in Tampa, Florida - 5 November 2016Image source, Getty Images
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    Mr Trump was also in Florida, where he held a baby aloft to cheers from his supporters at an event in Tampa